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Cortina Releases New Family of PON Products

Cortina Systems recently introduced a new line of PON products that can achieve expedite adoption in the rapidly developing worldwide PON markets.

31 May 2012

Parvus Offers Tactical Fiber Optic DuraNET 1268 Subsystem

Parvus, a subsidiary of Eurotech declares tactical fiber optic media support for the a rugged layer 2 GB Ethernet switch subsystem DuraNET 1268, where 10 triple-speed 10/100/1000 Mbps ports have been integrated for linking IPv4 and IPv6 compatible sensors and computing devices onboard for aircraft platforms and tactical network-centric (un)manned vehicle.

25 May 2012

Infinera DTN-X Platform to Enable Educational Research Network

Infinera has been selected by Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (DANTE) for its pan-European GÉANT network for Europe's national research and education networks (NRENs). After completing the bidding process, DANTE’s new Infinera DTN-X platform was chosen to provide the scalability, efficiency and simplicity for innovative scientific experiments.

From Infinera 25 May 2012

Pacnet and Infinera Exhibit 500 Gb/s Optical Super-Channels in Asia

Pacnet and Infinera recently declared that they have achieved a joint effort demonstrating over 3 Tb/s of capacity being successfully transmitted over 4,500 km of Pacnet's C2C network. This represents a new demonstration wherein Infinera has been deployed for its proprietary 500 Gb/s Photonic Integrated Circuit technology-based Ultra-Long Haul subsea super-channels.

From Infinera 23 May 2012

Charles Industries Partners with Tel-Quip for Representing its Fiber-Optic Lines in South-Central US

Charles Industries, a supplier of innovative enclosed solutions has signed a manufacturer's representative agreement with Houston-based Tel-Quip. As per the agreement terms, Charles Industries’ fiber optic and copper product lines will be represented by Tel-Quip across Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas.

21 May 2012

Optical Clock Supercedes Cesium As Standard in Accurate Timekeeping

Atomic clocks based on the oscillations of a cesium atom keep amazingly steady time and also define the precise length of a second. But cesium clocks are no longer the most accurate. That title has been transferred to an optical clock housed at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colo. that can keep time to within 1 second in 3.7 billion years.

1 May 2012

Phase-sensitive optical data transmission: a new frontier

Traditionally, commercial fibre-optic communications have relied on encoding the data in the amplitude of a light beam (varying the intensity of the light to transmit information). Placing devices called 'Erbium-doped fibre amplifiers' at intervals along the fibre to periodically boost signal strength overcomes propagation loss, but provides a relatively inefficient use of fibre potential.

30 Apr 2012

MEMSCAP’s Electrostatic Variable Optical Attenuator Completes Telcordia Qualification

MEMSCAP, a company specializing in MEMS-based solutions, announced that the company’s high voltage electrostatic MEMS variable optical attenuator has successfully completed Telcordia qualification by meeting all mechanical, environmental and operational stress tests described in GR-1221 and GR-1209 standards for passive optical components.

From MEMSCAP S.A. 21 Apr 2012

GigOptix Releases New Transimpedance Amplifier for 40G Coherent Optical Receivers

GigOptix, a provider of optical components and semiconductor, has recently declared its new generation GX3122B dual channel linear Transimpedance Amplifier (TIA) is now available for sampling. It is compatible with 40Gb/s DWDM coherent optical receivers.

18 Apr 2012

Hexagon Metrology Unveils Advanced Shop Floor Coordinate Measuring Machines

Hexagon Metrology has introduced a new series of advanced shop floor coordinate measuring machines (CMMs). This novel product line is known as Brown & Sharpe 4.5.4 SF. Designed to withstand wear and tear during manufacturing processes, the SF series is upgraded and includes more advanced features than earlier models introduced globally.

17 Apr 2012